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SHUTTER FASTENER. v No. 348,622. Patented Sept. 7, 1886.

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A TTOR/VE Y UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JOHN B. DAVIS, OF \VESTHAMPTON, BURLINGTON COUNTY, N. J.

SHUTTER-FASTEN ER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 348,622, datedSeptember 7, 1886.

Application filed June 26, 1886. Serial No. 206,293. (No model.)

To aZZ whom it may concern.-

Be it known that 1, JOHN B. DAvIs, a citizen of the United States,residing in the township of \Vesthampton, in the county of Burlingtonand State of New Jersey, have invented a new and useful VVindow- ShutterHolder, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in window-shutter holders, and theobject of my improvements are, first, to be self-acting in receiving andholding the shutter when opened; second, to hold the shutter tight andsecurely and prevent it from rattling, banging, or making any noisewhatever; third, to hold the shutter securely until unfastened. I attainthese objects by the proper adjustment of weight illustrated in theaccompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1 is a vertical view of theentire holder as it appears when the shutter is open and held by it;Fig. 2, a vertical view of the entire holder as it appears when theshutter is closed and the holder stands open.

Similarletters refer to similar parts throughout the several views.

In Fig. 1 an iron plate, D, is fastened to the building by the pin 0with screw-extension. The catch A, which holds the shutter, is fastenedin the jaws of the pin 0- by a small pin. The forks of the catch A holdthe shutter in place, and can be adapted to the thickness of theshutter, so as to hold it tight and prevent it from rattling, banging,or making any noise whatever. The catch A, when the holder is closed, isheld in place by means of the lobe B dropping down and resting by itsown weight against the plate D, thus extending the bottom of the catch Aout until the back fork also rests against the plate D, in whichposition it is firmly held by the construction and weight of the lobe B.The lobe B must be raised to open the holder.

In Fig. 2 the lobe B is raised, and by the proper adjustment of weightin the catch A the holder stands open. The lobe B is raised, when theholder is closed, by pressing on the outer end.

What I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

In a shutter-fastener, the combination, with a Y-shaped catch, A, havinga brace or lobe, B, attached to the lower portion or stem there- .of, ofscrew-threaded extension-pin G, to which said catch is pivoted, and theplate D, to which 5 5 said pin is attached, substantially as described.

JOHN B. DAVIS.

Vitnesses:

R. J. WY LIE, CHAS. H. DEACON.

